F2F Class Notes (Shane)

Vocabulary

Sit-Ups – An exercise when you sit up. Lie on the ground and bring your head up to your knees.

Squats – Standing and then sitting “in the air,” and then standing again.

Pull-ups – When you pull yourself up with a bar, so your chin is over the bar.

Aerobics – A class where you move around a lot, kind of like dancing.

Senior – People older/more experienced than you. You help the senior students with their work.

Stuff – Things. “I help with the easy stuff, when helping the senior students prepare make-up.”

What are you studying at university? – Oh, just some boring stuff.

Shanghai Film Festival – The big event in Shanghai celebrating film.

Film – Movies

Finished Product – The clothing that has been made from your designs.

Modifications – Changes to your design so that it works better.

Elephant – Big grey animal. Huge! (Have you made any elephant costumes?).

Model – Somebody that wears clothes and walks up and down a stage. Or sits in front of cameras.

Degree – The qualification you get when you complete a university course.

Lucky – Get something that is very hard to get. Like becoming a famous actor, you must be lucky to get famous.

Script – The directions and lines for actors in a play or a movie.

Complicated – (Fu za) Like the word. Difficult!

Personality – What makes you who you are, nice, cool, funny, mean, etc. Models can show their personality in their face in a very short time.

Casting – An event where people are invited to “try-out” for a modeling job, or an acting job.

Even – Even though I did some exercise today, I’m still full of energy.

The fashion department of Donghua University is very famous – Fashion is the department that makes clothing.

What kind of… What kind of costumes have you made?

I haven’t… I haven’t designed any clothes, because I am still a freshman. The more senior students do the design.

There are people studying modeling at Donghua University

Not “Take pictures,” but “get your picture taken.” – Which means that somebody took a picture of you.

There are many private schools teaching children how to model.

Victoria – (Vic to re ya). Victoria’s Secret.